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Extending the Workbench

🚧 Coming Soon 🚧

Discover how to extend Superset's main interface and workbench with custom components and functionality.

Topics to be covered:

• Adding custom menu items and navigation
• Creating custom dashboard components
• Extending the SQL Lab interface
• Adding custom sidebar panels
• Creating floating panels and modals
• Integrating with the command palette
• Custom toolbar buttons and actions
• Workspace state management
• Plugin-specific keyboard shortcuts
• Context menu extensions

Extension Points

• Main navigation - Top-level menu items
• Dashboard builder - Custom components and layouts
• SQL Lab - Query editor extensions
• Chart explorer - Visualization building tools
• Settings panels - Configuration interfaces
• Data source explorer - Database navigation

UI Integration Patterns

• React component composition
• Portal-based rendering
• Event-driven UI updates
• Responsive layout adaptation

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This documentation is under active development. Check back soon for updates!